Cassie1717 Member Username: Cassie1717
Post Number: 41 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 64.12.116.204
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 6:42 pm: | |
What are those blue, flappy things hanging out the windows on the MCD? I wish I had a picture to post of it. How odd. |
Drm Member Username: Drm
Post Number: 1031 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.212.32.179
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:09 pm: | |
It was done as a protest by some of our local artists and developers and friends. As of 6:30 tonight, only one blue sheet remained. |
Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1741 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.248.0.137
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 9:16 pm: | |
Katrina tarps? |
Gumby Member Username: Gumby
Post Number: 1335 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.60.143.186
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 11:53 pm: | |
I hate when people make up incorrect acronyms. I assume you are talking about MCS. |
Motorcitymayor2026 Member Username: Motorcitymayor2026
Post Number: 1049 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 24.231.189.137
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 11:56 pm: | |
well, Gumby, MCS never had an official name, soo.... |
Michael Member Username: Michael
Post Number: 753 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.21.35.176
| Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 11:59 pm: | |
quote:As of 6:30 tonight, only one blue sheet remained.
If they are gone, it was after 6:30. I was working on the roof of a nearby development at 6:30 and they were still in place. We left the parking lot of said development at 6:47 and they were still in place. Too bad if they are gone, I liked it. It reminded me of Christo for a moment. |
Gumby Member Username: Gumby
Post Number: 1336 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.60.143.186
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 12:01 am: | |
Yeah, well it is the accepted acronym here. Random letters only confuse the issues. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2239 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 63.164.47.227
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 2:40 am: | |
hmm, amazing how quickly those dissappered. They must have gone up last night. Must have been a large group of people working by flashlight. Crazy hipsters! Maybe someday Maroun the vampire will put some windows in... |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1240 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 136.1.1.33
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 3:06 pm: | |
Did anyone happen to catch a pic of these before they were taken down? I was startled to see them yesterday morning and was tempted to stop and snap a picture, but that's easier said than done when you're on I-75. I suppose some of the people involved must have taken a picture... |
Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace
Post Number: 266 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 69.246.59.68
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 9:47 pm: | |
MCD or MCS? Both names, it appears, have existed from the beginning. For instance: I have about 25 different postcards depicting the building, both interiors and exteriors ca. 1913 - 1965. About 40% say Depot, and 60% Station. I also have over 2 dozen souvenirs from the building, with 80% saying Depot and 20% saying Station. W. Hawkins Ferry's Buildings of Detroit calls it Station in the text, but Depot in the index. Kelli Kavanaugh's Arcadia book title is Detroit's Michigan Central Station, but is referred to as Depot both in text and caption in several places. Lastly, and I think this may be as close to "official" as one might get, I have quite a few ticket stubs with a stamp on the back of each one stating the date (1920-1922) and "MICH. CENT. DEPOT". This being the case, it would seem that neither MCS or MCD could be referred to as "random letters".
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Thecarl
Member Username: Thecarl
Post Number: 890 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.14.30.175
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 9:51 pm: | |
i am immediately copyrighting the following rap/hip-hop monikers: mc station, mc depot, and mc deep. |
Supersport Member Username: Supersport
Post Number: 10377 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.246.37.236
| Posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 10:56 pm: | |
quote:We left the parking lot of said development at 6:47
Are you absolutely positive it wasn't 6:48? Do you have any alibis who can vouch for this time? |
The_aram Member Username: The_aram
Post Number: 4996 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.41.124.8
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 12:33 am: | |
Krawlspace, I've also heard it referred to as Penn Central Station, as for a time, I think, the Pennsylvania Railroad owned it or some such thing. |
Gumby Member Username: Gumby
Post Number: 1337 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.60.143.186
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 2:18 am: | |
OK but ot has largly been refered to as MCS here. That is all I am trying to say. It was confusing to see MCD |
Adamjab19 Member Username: Adamjab19
Post Number: 704 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 24.192.148.148
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 7:04 am: | |
What about POS? |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 37 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 9:56 am: | |
I got a photo, but it's not very large or of high resolution. Here is the URL: http://pics.livejournal.com/ve gan27/pic/00055d3k |
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie
Post Number: 529 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 141.216.1.4
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 11:04 am: | |
I mentioned before that most railroaders simply called it "MC Depot" (this according to a 1978 article in Trains Magazine). Some history is in order to get a better grasp on why this station's name has been confusing. Since before 1913, the Michigan Central RR had been majority owned by the Vanderbilt interests, which also controlled the New York Central RR (before 1914, the New York Central & Hudson River RR). As early as 1913, the MC RR was described as part of the New York Central System (according to a company check I have). In 1930, the NYC leased the MC for 999 (!) years. Gradually, the station was also referred to as New York Central Station. In 1968, the Pennsylvania RR and the NYC RR merged to form Penn Central. After that, the station was sometimes called the Penn Central Station. And of course, when Amtrak began in 1971 it called the building "Amtrak Station" in timetables. But through all of this, the MC still legally existed and owned the station. On 4/1/76, Penn Central's railroad operations were transferred to Conrail and ownership of the station passed to Conrail (not 100% certain of that, but Conrail definitely had significant office operations there). After 1976, Penn Central continued to exist. It completed bankruptcy reorganization, liquidated RR properties not transferred to Conrail, diversified into insurance and financial services, and eventually changed its name to American Premier Underwriters. The Michigan Central RR (which had continued to exist on paper) was finally merged into this company in 1995. |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1245 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 136.1.1.33
| Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 1:43 pm: | |
Thanks Psewick, that's pretty much what I saw. I kind of liked the concept, but it's not nearly as compelling as the old UA window murals as a form of abandoned building art. I take it that some Maroun workers were probably tasked with removing the sheets? Or did the people who put them up remove them? |
Psewick Member Username: Psewick
Post Number: 38 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 70.235.110.46
| Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 5:13 pm: | |
I can't imagine that people would be sent in to clean up those things so quickly (before nightfall on the same day). I think instead they just fell down because they were put up in haste--the urban explorers had to get up early the next morning because Hot Topic was having a sale on hooded sweatshirts and black plastic glasses. |
Slows Member Username: Slows
Post Number: 138 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 69.246.28.200
| Posted on Friday, July 28, 2006 - 5:47 pm: | |
It was definitely Manny's people that took everything down. |
Pdtpuck Member Username: Pdtpuck
Post Number: 153 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 208.251.168.194
| Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 4:12 am: | |
lmao @ psewick |